The most expensive painting last Christie's auction were purchased by Roman Abramovich
According to the newspaper Sunday Times, referring to «reliable», a mysterious buyer Lyutsiana pictures of Fred and Francis Bacon, became a sensation on auctions of contemporary art in New York, became a businessman and governor of Chukotka Roman Abramovich. In total, the Russian oligarch has paid 120 million dollars for the work «Triptych» 1976, Francis Bacon (86,3 million) and «Sleep Manager benefits» 1995 Lyutsiana Freud (33.6 million). Freud's painting was sold at auction at Christie's last Tuesday, 13 May, for an amount that became a record for works of any living artist. 14 May, at Sotheby's, has set a new record for the paintings of Francis Bacon.
writes Correspondent The Times, for the purchase of paintings by Bacon and Freud Abramovich inspired by his 26-year-old girlfriend Daria Zhukova, who is keen on art. Last week Zhukov announced plans to open in the Moscow Center for Contemporary Art «CCC Moscow».
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